The SU/NU Global Health Knowledge Hub joint conference is an exciting partnership building opportunity to draw together academics and researchers, students, university administrators, practitioners, and stakeholders to celebrate and discover more about global health research, education, and engagement efforts throughout the world.
The upcoming conference will be held in-person on 17 – 18 March 2025 at Stellenbosch University.
The inaugural conference will officially launch the SU/NU Global Health Knowledge Hub partnership initiative.
Conference Theme
Fostering Purposeful partnerships to enable collaborative approaches to Global Health Challenges.
Location
March 17th: Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, Stellenbosch
March 18th: Biomedical Research Institute, Tygerberg Campus
Registration
Call for Abstracts
- Deadline for First Call: 23 January 2025
- Deadline for Second Call: 20 February 2025
- Deadline for the Final Call: 3 March 2025
All accepted applicants will receive more details about the presentation format, presenter expectations, and poster guidelines.
Paper and Poster Presentations
- Proposals should be 300-400 words in length and include:
- Title of paper/presentation
- Proposed sub-theme
- Presenter(s) details: Name, institutional affiliation, email address(es)
- Outline of presentation specifying the nature of existing of proposed research/project, and how it relates to the goals of the meeting.
Panel or Networking Sessions
- Panel sessions will comprise 4-5 participants. Sessions will be themed around a specific topic (e.g. collaboration opportunities in student training; best practice and innovation in climate action; establishing partnerships in funding and training resources). Sessions should explore how to deepen collaboration and concrete ways of achieving this.
- Networking sessions will comprise 4-5 representatives from different sectors (i.e. academia and research, industry, government/public policy institutions and business). These sessions will aim to develop recommendations for multi-stakeholder collaboration that furthers the goals of the meeting and will identify concrete steps towards implementation.
- Proposals should be 300-400 words in length and should detail:
- Title of panel or networking session
- Proposed sub-theme
- Objective(s) and proposed content of the session; and
- Names, affiliations and email addresses of panelists or networking participants.